bridal shower superstitions

i was randomly talking about this with one of my friends and we both realized we didn't know much of what ppl say about showers. hehehe

could u all list things thae random things u know or heard are good/bad luck at a shower???

here's what ive found online so far...some of which ive never heard of

The first gift the bride opens should be the first gift she uses.

Everything the bride says as she opens her gifts will be repeated on her wedding night.

You're not supposed to break the ribbon on your gifts or it's bad luck.

You're also not supposed to receive a knife as a gift or it creates tension in the friendship, so you give the gift giver a penny for it.

You shouldn't hand your spouse a knife either.

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Posted by cherish83

I've only been to one shower so far and the things they were saying there was, like you said, not to break the ribbon, and not to use anything to open the gift (ie:knife or scissors) I dont knoe exactly why though.

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That's the one i've heard.. you cannot use any sharp objects to open the gifts.

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Posted by wifetobe

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Posted by cherish83

I've only been to one shower so far and the things they were saying there was, like you said, not to break the ribbon, and not to use anything to open the gift (ie:knife or scissors) I dont knoe exactly why though.

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That's the one i've heard.. you cannot use any sharp objects to open the gifts.

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I was telling FH about that one and he was cracking up b/c he said that means i am going to break all my nails that day!

My mom would not even let us open our engagement gifts with a knife....

All the other supersitions I have heard of....

Actually the one about everything u say at the shower u will say ur wedding night, I went to a shower and the MOH wrote random things down and repeated them at the end of the shower and it was the most hysterical thing I have ever heard!

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Posted by Lil83108

I know that you aren't supposed to use scissors to cut anything that day.

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oh yeah...i heard this too...we made gina open all her gifts with her hands. but again...no idea why

LOL you know I dont know any of these!!! My MIL wouldnt let me use scissors to open my gifts at my shower. She said it was bad luck. I also couldnt get help from anyone to open them. LOL I didn't realize there were so many superstitions for showers.

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Posted by snowcutie82

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Posted by Lil83108

I know that you aren't supposed to use scissors to cut anything that day.

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oh yeah...i heard this too...we made gina open all her gifts with her hands. but again...no idea why

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Ya and i got a couple cuts from it and it hurt.

I heard the ribbon thing and I heard that the bride should never HOLD a knife... which probably stems back to some bride to be cutting her finger off or something like that!!

I never heard any of the others.

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Posted by snowcutie82

i was randomly talking about this with one of my friends and we both realized we didn't know much of what ppl say about showers. hehehe

could u all list things thae random things u know or heard are good/bad luck at a shower???

here's what ive found online so far...some of which ive never heard of

The first gift the bride opens should be the first gift she uses.

Everything the bride says as she opens her gifts will be repeated on her wedding night.

You're not supposed to break the ribbon on your gifts or it's bad luck.

You're also not supposed to receive a knife as a gift or it creates tension in the friendship, so you give the gift giver a penny for it.

You shouldn't hand your spouse a knife either.

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I'm laughing at some of these because the first gift I opened was my new everyday dishes (2 place settings) and I know they took notes on what I commented on each gift and that got read back (supposedly going to say all that during the wedding night).

I got a steak knife set as well and yes I broke some of the ribbons on the gifts fighting to get them open

Had I known then I wouldn't have done all that..

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Posted by Kerin2804

The only one I have ever heard about was the giving a penny to the person who gifts knives.

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I never knew about this one until my Aunt gave me knives for my shower and told me I owed her a penny I was like ummm until she explained it to me.

I think I am so screwed if I were really superstitious person